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HQ.training vs ABC Fitness

A published price, with coaching for every trainer included

ABC Fitness runs Glofox for studios, Ignite for larger gyms and Evo in Latin America, with coaching in a separate product, Trainerize. HQ is one account for a gym at $59 a month: the timetable, memberships and front desk, plus coaching tools and members’ wearable data for every trainer.

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What this page says about ABC Fitness comes from ABC Fitness’s own product pages, Glofox plans page and help centers, read on 13 October 2026. Prices and features change, so check theirs before you decide.

The short version

HQ is the better pick if

  • You want the price before a sales call: $59 a month, published, for the whole staff and any number of members.
  • Your trainers program members’ training and want it on the same account as bookings and billing, without a second subscription.
  • Your members wear Garmin, Oura or WHOOP, and you want their training load, HRV and sleep next to their visits.
  • You’d rather not sign a contract: HQ is monthly or yearly, and you cancel from the billing page.

ABC Fitness is the better pick if

  • You run many locations or a franchise and need royalty and head-office tools.
  • You want a white-label member app under your own brand.
  • You need door hardware other than Kisi, or ABC’s own payments and collections.
  • You want automated marketing journeys and AI agents that answer calls and messages.

HQ.training and ABC Fitness, side by side

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HQ.training ABC Fitness
Published price Included: $59 a month, published, for the whole staff and any number of members Partly, or at extra cost: Glofox from $99 a month, each tier “Request Pricing”; Ignite and Evo by quote
Contract Included: Monthly or yearly, cancel from the billing page Partly, or at extra cost: Set in your order form; not published
Card processing Included: Stripe at its standard card rate; HQ adds nothing Partly, or at extra cost: Glofox Payments on Stripe Connect, rate not published; Ignite through ABC’s merchant services
Classes and waitlists Included: A recurring timetable, online booking, and a waitlist that fills a freed spot on its own Included: Class and appointment booking, waitlists and reminders
Memberships and packs Included: Unlimited or credit-based plans, class packs, day passes and PT packs; freeze, cancel or change plan Included: Recurring memberships, credit packs and failed-payment handling
Waivers Included: Signed online before a membership starts Partly, or at extra cost: E-agreements on Glofox Boost and up
Check-in Included: By name or QR card at the desk, or members check themselves in Included: Kiosk check-in
Door access Partly, or at extra cost: Kisi only: the gym connects its own Kisi account, members open the door with the Kisi app, and each unlock counts as a visit Included: Kisi, including unlocking from the Glofox app
Point of sale Partly, or at extra cost: Retail with stock counts, passes, packs and account credit; no card terminal Included: POS, and retail from Glofox Boost
Staff and payroll Partly, or at extra cost: Five roles, 29 permissions, shifts, a time clock and a payroll report with CSV export; HQ doesn’t pay staff Included: A staff app, permissions, and payroll from Glofox Essential
Marketing Partly, or at extra cost: Email broadcasts by plan, status or risk of leaving; no automated campaigns yet Partly, or at extra cost: Email, SMS and push journeys; workflows need the XLerate add-on
Branded member app Not offered: Not offered Partly, or at extra cost: Add-on on Essential and Boost, included on Elite
Coaching and programming Included: Structured workouts, plans and an AI plan builder for every trainer, included Partly, or at extra cost: Not in Glofox; through ABC Trainerize, priced separately
Wearables and training load Included: Members’ Garmin, Apple Health, Oura, WHOOP and more, with fitness, fatigue and form Partly, or at extra cost: Through Trainerize: Apple Health, Garmin, Fitbit, Withings, Health Connect; no training-load charts listed
Several locations Not offered: One location per gym for now Included: Multi-location and franchise tools on Elite and Ignite
AI Partly, or at extra cost: An AI plan builder for trainers; no AI front desk Included: ABC AI Agents for leads, calls and messages
API and Zapier Not offered: No public API or Zapier yet Partly, or at extra cost: Zapier on Glofox Elite only
Leaving Included: One click: members, memberships, payments, attendance, timetable, waiver signatures and staff as CSV, or all of it in a ZIP Partly, or at extra cost: Glofox staff can download the client list as CSV; no full-export policy published

What sets them apart

A price you can see

Glofox publishes one number, “Plans starting at $99 per month”, and every tier asks you to request pricing, with the branded app, XLerate and Insights as add-ons. HQ’s price is on its pricing page and is the same for every gym.

Coaching on the same account

At ABC, programming lives in Trainerize, a separate product priced by client count, connected to Glofox on Trainerize’s Studio and Enterprise plans. On HQ every trainer on staff gets the coaching workspace, and a member’s sessions, bookings and payments sit on one record.

Built for a chain, or for one gym

ABC says it serves more than 30,000 businesses, from boutique studios to Planet Fitness. For a chain, its franchise, payments and access-control tools go further than HQ’s today. HQ is built for one gym or studio that coaches its members as well as books them.

Data behind the attendance

HQ scores every member’s risk of leaving each hour from check-ins, attendance and failed payments. For members who connect a watch or ring, a coach they accept sees training load, HRV and sleep too.

Moving from ABC Fitness

  1. Get your data out

    Glofox staff can download the client list as a CSV. Ask ABC for anything more before your term ends.

  2. Check your order form

    ABC doesn’t publish its contract terms; your order form sets the term and the notice period.

  3. Start on HQ

    Gym & Studio is 14 days free, then $59 a month or $590 a year, with no contract to sign.

Questions

How much is Glofox compared with HQ?
Glofox publishes a starting price of $99 a month and quotes each tier, with the branded app and marketing workflows as add-ons on the lower tiers. HQ is $59 a month for the whole gym, or $99 with more AI.
Do my trainers need Trainerize on HQ?
No. Every trainer on HQ’s Gym & Studio plan gets the coaching workspace: structured workouts, plans, the AI plan builder and each member’s training data.
Does HQ have a branded app?
No. Members use the HQ phone app, which is in testing on iPhone with Android to follow.
Can HQ run several locations?
Not yet. A gym on HQ has one location for now.

Sources

What this page says about ABC Fitness comes from ABC Fitness’s own product pages, Glofox plans page and help centers, read on 13 October 2026. Prices and features change, so check theirs before you decide.

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